Sunday, May 31, 2009

Last week's May Flowers challenge was wonderful. Lots of players and fabulous cards!! Thanks so much for playing along with us. We just love looking at everyone's talent :)

This week's challenge is pretty much just as easy as last week's. It's called "Tied up with Ribbon". I don't think I'm doing the word 'challenge' much justice here, but I just LOVE ribbon!

This week we have a prize too :) It's an assortment of ribbons chosen by 2RedBananas. We have a GREAT selection of May Arts ribbon. If you've never seen what we have, take a short side trip - Ribbon. To be eligible for the prize, please have your entries linked to this post by Saturday evening, June 7th.

Please link your creation to this post using Mr. Linky. If Mr. Linky isn't visible, which he hasn't been lately, just link your card in the comments of this post. Please link directly to your creation and mention 2RedBananas challenge in your details. When uploading to SCS or PCP use the keyword, 2RedBananas. Thanks so much!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Hi! Hope everyone is catching up after having an extra 'weekend' day this week :)

We are now carrying CC Designs stamps!!! I'm really excited about these because they are all just ADORABLE!! They are deeply etched red rubber, ready to cut and use with your acrylic blocks. The quality is outstanding!

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Last week's challenge was a sketch challenge and we had wonderful creations made with our sketch. Thank you so much for playing along with us. Our winner of her choice of one of the May release stamp sets is:

Here are your random numbers:12

Lynette! Woo Hoo Lynette - congrats. Please send me your address with your choice of one of the newly released May sets and I will get that in the mail to you! Thanks so much for playing along in our challenge.

Now for this week's challenge. It's called MAY FLOWERS - can you guess what the challenge is with this one :) Use flowers on your project, that's it, I know an easy one. They can be stamped flowers, floral paper, primas, silk flowers, whatever you wish, just use flowers.

Please link your creation to this post using Mr. Linky. Please link directly to your creation and mention 2RedBananas challenge in your details. When uploading to SCS or PCP use the keyword, 2RedBananas. Thanks so much!

We are SO grateful to the military men and women who protect our country, and to their families.

I will be donating cards to this organization, it's such a small thing that I can do, but seems to have a big impact. They have a challenge going on as well, with details about how to play along. Lots of great info on the website. Take a few minutes and browse the website, then we'd love to hear if you plan to participate in their challenge as well.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Thanks so much for sharing all of your Glittery Creations with us for last week's challenge. Your talent just amazes me :) The winner of her choice of a container of glitter from 2RedBananas is:

# 2 - Vickilyn - Congrats!! Please email your address to me and your choice of glitter. Thanks so much for playing along with us.

This week's challenge is a sketch challenge. I love having different types of challenges each week, it makes me think outside of what I normally do. If you have a certain type of challenge that you love, please let us know, you can leave a comment on this post (not using Mr. Linky please :)

One lucky person, drawn randomly from the Mr. Linky entries, will get to choose one of the newly released May sets as a prize. You can enter more than once, you just have to make a new creation for each entry :)

Here is the sketch for the challenge:

And here are the incredibly fun cards made by the design team using this sketch:

Have fun with this sketch and we can't wait to see your take on it :) Please link your creation to this post using Mr. Linky. Please link directly to your creation and mention 2RedBananas challenge in your details. When uploading to SCS or PCP use the keyword, 2RedBananas. Thanks so much!

Saturday, May 16, 2009

We have more fun ideas with the sneak peeks for you today. As I was putting these cards on the post, I noticed how much the flowers play such a fun roll in all of them. I just love flowers and incorporate them into my cards as often as possible :)

For this card, Wendy used the "Party Bees" set and really made the flowers a focal point. I just love how she embellished them and that CUTE little bee just sets off the sentiment :)

Friday, May 15, 2009

It's a smorgasbord of sweetness for today's sneak peeks. Today and tomorrow we will be showing you different sets that will be released Monday, May 18th! It's getting close :)

In this card Teresa is showcasing the set "Party Bees" - I just love everything about this card, it's so much fun!!

For this card, Wendy combined two of the wedding sets to create a birthday card - so creative!! The sets she used are, "Tickled Pink" and "Sweetie". Just so cute!!

Here, Jami uses the beautiful "Flourish with Flowers". She used flower-soft for the bouquet and her headpiece, very cool!

Cassie made this fabulous tin using the May Journaling Spot. I love the stars on the inside as well. And she used Smooch ink to ink her stamp, very cool. I can't wait to try that!! These ladies are creating such fabulous projects!!

Check out the rest of the design team to see what they have to show you :)